
8Chapter 1
Getting Familiar with your Computer
Keyboard
The keyboard has
Special Keys
Lock Keys
The keyboard has three lock keys which you can toggle on and off.
Lock Key | Description |
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Caps Lock | When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters typed are |
| in uppercase. |
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Num Lock | When Num Lock is on, the embedded keypad is in numeric |
| mode. The keys function as a calculator (complete with the |
| arithmetic operators +, |
| you need to do a lot of numeric data entry. A better |
| solution would be to connect an external keypad. |
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Scroll Lock | When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line up or |
down when you press the up or down arrow keys | |
| respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with some |
| applications. |
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